Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-24
DEADLY ELEMENTS.
CYCLONES, TOREADOES And HAIL
Sweep Over Parts of Missouri, Kansas and
Arkansas
FAMILIES KILLED, TOWNS RUINED
And Devastation Spread Bruadcast---
Fearful Scenes.

Sr. LOUIS, April 2s-Special dispatches
received here to-day give appalling details
Of the cyclones, tornadoes and hail storms.
The districts devastated are a considera-
bic part of Western and Southwestern Mis-
souri,, Southeastern Kansas and Northern
Kansas.
In Bates and Vernon counties, Missouri,
the destruction was very great. West and
south Of Rich Hill the storm ragged with
terrific violence and its track is strewn for
miles with all kinds of debris, including
crushed and splintered dwellings and out
houses, dead animals and poultry, bed
clothing, wearing apparel, and all kinds of
farm property. The estimated loss to prop
erty is upwards of $l00, 900.
Six people were killed in the neighbOr-
hood OF the towns of Hume and Sprague,
and number seriously and some fatally
injured.
Humble Station, on the Pacific road,
was destroyed, only one house being left
standing. Mr.. Smiths house, three miles
from Rich Hill, was blown to atoms, and
Mrs. Smith fatally injured. Her daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Ryan, and her two chill
dren were also badly hurt Two hired
men on the place also received injuries
All the stables and graneries on the Bruce
place were demolished. At the Miller
farm, three miles west of Sprague, q splen-
did residence, barns and outhouses were
destroyed, nine cattle, a number of hogs,
and other stock killed, and Mr.. Miller and
his wife and baby were blown into the
well and drowned.
WRECKED AND BURNED.
The farm houses of the following persons
are entirely destroyed: Samuel Porter,
George Hibler, l.. MarinOn, ]. Baugh, Ii.
Overman, George Daniels Mr.. Gaundies,
Samuel Bealy, l.. C.. Robinson, Robert
Robinson, VIM. Betty, and VIM. Petit.
The latter's house took fire and burned.
VIM. Kennels house was blown down and
then burned up. Mrs. Kennel had very
narrow escape from burning as she was
piniOned under some timber, and was only
rescued by the heroic efforts of her hus.
band
The Montgomery and Queen Ridge school
houses were wrecked. 1t is reported that
q brother and o sister named Finn are
dead, but this is not verified.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Sprague was demolished. b. F. Baker &
Co. g lumber yard was scattered over the
prairie in every direction. The following
houses are destroyed: Mrs. Wainscott's,
Will Graves, Mrs. Riley's, Wesley Meek
er's, Hainline's blacksmith SHOP and
Smith Bassett's livery stable.
IN RUINS.
In the lower part of Linn county, Kan
sas, a regular funnel-shaped twister made
q descent about six o'clock seven miles
northwest of Prescott. Every farm house
in the path of the storm was demolished,
and every house in Prescott was ruined.
Four miles from Prescott, Mr.. Films
fine residence was mashed fat and Mrs.
Finn and three children mortally injured
and two visitors dangerously hurt.
Jacob Brock and wife and one son, VIM.
McPOld and wife and child, also Of this
vicinity, were fatally injured.
A few miles from this scene, w. s.
BOgart, Mrs. NJ. 0dell, Mr.. Hogan, wife
and two children, had taken refuge in a
storm cellar, when eight cows fell on them
through the roof and all were severely hurt.
VIM. Browningburg's family found refuge
in storm cave, while 5000 house was
scattered over the fields.
Ten miles northwest of Prescott Mrs.
Sarah Crane was killed and the family in
jured by the crushing Of the house. In
a distance Of twenty-five miles only one
house is known to have stood the storm.
II. C. Tripp, of Kansas City, was standing
in the doorway of Manlove Brothers gro
Gerry store, in Prescott, when the building
was destroyed and he was killed. The
following buildings left standing in Pres
cott are stuck full of timbers: C. X. I'm
derwood's residence; the Baptist and Meth
odist churches; w. II. Billingsby's harness
store; Perkins meat market and the Pres
colt House are among the buildings that
were destroyed. Neary every house at
Mismi Junction, five miles north Of Pres
colt, were blown down and several per.
sons injured.
SEVENTEEN KILLED AND FIFTY WOUNDED.
Seventeen persons are known 10 have
been killed in Linn county and about fifty
were seriously wounded.
In Bourbon county, Kansas, reports are
coming in slowly of a terrible devastation.
ID. J. Fields farm was swept clean OF
buildings and live stock. Near by, the
Mills family was nearly eXterminated, two
children and the father and mother being
killed, and a niece and child were found
barely alive, but will recover. The stone
residence ofSamuel Coles were razed to the
ground.
In Anderson county the cyclone badly
damaged the town of Albany. At Blue
Mound, a town Of 800 inhabitants, twenty
houses were wrecked and two persons were
killed. Joseph Duncan's house was hurled
away in the midst of wedding ceremony,
but the party found refuge in the cellar
and escaped injury.
CATTLE KILLED BY HAIIsToEEs.
A special from Greenville, Miss says
that section Of country was visited by n
terrible thunderstorm, followed by heavy
hail that killed live stock and injured
many colored persons in Bolivar county.
The town of Huntington was nearly de-
molished, new hotel, Robertson's store
and dwelling, Worick's Hotel, Remns
dwelling, Benson's residence and several
negro cabins were wrecked and the debris
blown several hundred yards from their
former site. The damage will exceed
IS, 900.
disuatch from Hannibal, Mo-, says
that about midnight a terrific storm I'M
rooted number Of buildings and the rain
which followed damagsd q great deal Of
merchandise. No persons were injured.
Reports from Blossom, P1irie, Texas,
saws q cyclone there yesterday destroyed
the dwellings Of B. Sausing and I. NJ;
Harraway and the stores Of Brewer and
Sausing. Thos. MOony & Co., II. L. Byrne
q Co., Hancock & ByTne, Brantleys, j. Nj:
Harraway, Norwood & Co., Coils gin and
planning mill and the hall Of the knights
Of Honor.
struck by Lightning.
COLUMBIA, s. c., April 23.-During q
thunder storm which passed over Sumter
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